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What is the verb for obligatory?

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oblige
  1. (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
  2. (transitive) To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
  3. (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
  4. (intransitive) To do a service or favour.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The Tribune caused him to be carried into the Citadel, and ordered he should be scourged to oblige him to confess what it was that made them clamor against him in that manner.”
      “The institution seeks to accommodate you but does not have the financial means to oblige your request.”
      “What would oblige him to lend himself to the enquiry at all?”
obligate
  1. (Canada) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
  2. (Canada) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
  3. (Canada) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “As a responsible pet owner, I must obligate myself to providing regular exercise and proper nutrition for my furry companion.”
obligated
obliged
obliging
obligates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I often wonder where such people acquire the notion their freedom of speech obligates me to read, let alone publish, their ideas.”
      “However, Kant claims that the moral law obligates us to consider the final purpose or aim of all moral action.”
      “The share purchase obligates the cooperative to accept the unit at an established price.”
obliges
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oblige
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They might also agree that obtaining a consultant post in a teaching hospital obliges a doctor to teach.”
      “And on its part, the eMac obliges users to downscale to low resolutions to maintain usable frequencies.”
      “The Scotland Act obliges MSPs to elect a new first minister within 28 days of the departure of his predecessor.”
obligeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of oblige
obligest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of oblige
obligating
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